June 1936: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with Princesses Margaret Rose and Elizabeth in the grounds of Windsor Castle, Berkshire. (Photo by Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Princess Anne, as President of the Working Clumber Spaniel Society, at a 40th anniversary social and training day, held at Gatcombe Park on 6th April 2024.
I LIED ACTUALLY THIS IS THE LAST ONE BECAUSE I FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET IT TO FUCKING WORK!!! (Hopefully, I may post it and everything may immediately die hopefully not)
It’s a little bit crunchy but its animated and hopefully readable. This comic gave me so much grief on twitter its not even readable over there oh my god. It sucked too because I was so proud of the little animations and I really liked the concept.
Doggo can only see things that are moving right? So the ‘stars’ in waterfall probably sucked balls. But now, they’re on the surface and shooting stars move so… teehee.
A circa 1920s postcard in the Wellcome Collection, described as "Two sailors gazing lecherously at each other" doesn't just look extremely gay—it's ACTUALLY extremely gay.
This rare image from the 1920s shows two homosexual sailors. The stereotypical passive sailor from 'H.M.S. Fairy' appears to be sitting on the knee of his rough-looking pal whose cap tally reads 'HMS Doggo'. In archaic gay slang to 'keep doggo' meant to act as a lookout for two men having sex in a public place.
There really were several ships named HMS Fairy, but the word is used in its modern connotation for an effeminate gay man, a usage dating to the period between the first and second world wars. (Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940 by George Chauncey cites a usage of "fairy" for a gay man in 1917).
"Raggies" are men who share a bag in which polishing rags were kept, according to a Royal Navy slang dictionary, "Thus, the friend with whom you shared a bag was your 'Raggie' and, when you fell out, you parted brass rags with him."
The way it's written here in quotation marks, with a question mark; this is pretty amazing. Maybe the intent is to mock the gay sailors, but it looks more like an acknowledgement that gay sailors exist.
27 February 2023
“A very proud moment on Monday 27th February, when we welcomed Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal at GL’s E-home.
It was a real honour having the opportunity to discuss with her the future of carbon neutral homes. We also spoke about the benefits of flexible working.
Her genuine interest and wit reminded me of our dear late Queen, such a lovely lady. My favourite part of the visit was the fuss she made over our resident dog Fletcher, for whom HRH glove came off, he really stole the show!”
— Sara Mason-Parker
Princess Anne, Royal Patron of Hft, visiting Flintshire Adult Day Care Centre, Hwb Cyfle, in Queensferry, Wales on 12th July 2023
HRH witnessed soap-making and upcycling workshops, met visiting therapy dogs and spoke with some people Hft support in the day services as they showed off their baking skills. The visit concluded with a celebratory cake cutting and a few words from Hft’s Chair of the Board of Trustees, Amanda Bunce, and Her Royal Highness herself. (x)